Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-09
AN ELEGANT TRoUssEAu.
Costly Dresses Recently Made in Paris for
q Chicago Bride.

| costly dresses Recently Made IN Paris 1Or
Chicago Bride.
| The wedding gown is of thickly
coated gros de Naples. The narrow
plated court train is over four yards
long; near the tournure it is shaped
| into two smalls wings, on which the
long point of the corsage rests. The
heavy train and the front drapery are
softened in effect by an underskirt
made entirely of Malines illusion
thickly quilted at the lower edge. then
twisted into bands and bows, In the
twists nestle garlands of orange Bios
SONS. In contradistinction to the in
variable French rule that wedding
dress must be high in the neck. this is
cut low in V shape and trimmed with
soft Illusion quillings garnished with
orange-blossom buds; elbow sleeves Of
Illusion. Over this toilette will be
thrown veil, made to order, of rare
point applique; this will extend to the
edge of the train and fall over the
brides face la Juive. The bridal
wreath, made in the form of a diadem.
will be of orange blossoms mixed with
few branches of myrtle. It is the
style at present to mingle the French
and German, emblematic blossoms
and leaves.
An elegant reception dress is COM
bination of faded pink and old gold
silk. Two wide panels, which are
gathered about the waist, separate in
front and reveal wide bands of pink
lined with gold and artistically knotted
into elongated loops, the last ones
resting on the lower founce of the
skirt. The left panel of old gold is
heavily covered with sheaves of wheat
incased in bands of arabesqued en-
broidery, with gold thread in relief
and edged all around with dropping
olives of gold; the right panel is of pale
pink. The train is made of two de-
tached widths of goods. one of old gold.
whose lower edge is heavily fringed.
and the other of amber-velvet lined
with pink, and arranged to look as if
turned by accident The pointed and
decollete eorsage Of lpink-silk has am
ber-velvet bretelles and plastron of
lace; the sleeves of the same
are fastened just above the velvet with
bands of velvet. Above, two points of
silk come from the shoulder
and form caps over the sleeves. The
whole of the bodice is trimmed with
dropping oliSes Of gold
These two dresses were the only ones
to which trains were attached. The
other gowns looked more girlish in
their simplicity and grace. One ball
dress was particularly effective, 1t
was of ivory crepe isse,
in stripes, with
paniers; and having black draperies
Of Louis XVI ivory watered silk, min
gled with narrow stripes of old pink
and electric green;; the whole thrown
over an old pink underdress. The
'front.' of the skirt was irregularly
1raped with crepe lisse, caught up by
DOSE rosettes and long ends of old
pink and electric green ribbons. The
pointed, low corsage was of Louis XVI.
'ilk; plastrons of tulle with tiny pink
ind green ribbons run through pink
velvet bretelles; short pulled sleeves,
ow ribbons.
A pale-blue silk dinner dress has a
kirt edged with fluffy founces, of
ight-blue English Grape shot with.
mall blue pearls. The left side is
nass of irregularly-placed plnked
uffles of blue silk, mingled here and
here with! puffs of Grape. The light
lue drapery on the other side is, pam
led with, a, wide band of ivory satin,
n which are embroidered focks of
ny humming-b birds of light plumage
ssting on small garlands of honey
ackles. A. black drapery of blue silk.
,rms wings about the tournure. The
orsage of blue silk has a pointed
lastron of tulle. embroidered with
mall blue pearls; the bretelles Of
satin are trimmed with
earl fringe. The short sleeves of
lille have, appliques of humming- birds
n the shoulders. Paris Cor. ~. K
tribune. 5 y.